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| User: | ucc_peeps (3142074) UCC Peeps
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| Name: | People of the United Church of Christ | ||||
| Website: | http://www.ucc.org | ||||
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| About: | What is the United Church of Christ? Intelligent dialogue and a strong independent streak sometimes cause the United Church of Christ (UCC) and its 1.4 million members to be called a “heady and exasperating mix.” The UCC tends to be a mostly progressive denomination that unabashedly engages heart and mind. And yet, the UCC somehow manages to balance congregational autonomy with a strong commitment to unity among its 6,000 congregations — despite wide differences among many local congregations on a variety of issues. While preserving relevant portions of heritage and history dating back to the 16th century, the UCC and its forebears have proven themselves capable of moving forward, tying faith to social justice and shaping cutting edge theology and service in an ever-changing world. The UCC affirms the responsibility of the church in each generation and community to make faith its own in reality of worship, in honesty of thought and expression, and in purity of heart before God. It looks to the Word of God in the Scriptures, and to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to prosper its creative and redemptive work in the world. One of the UCC’s distinguishing characteristics is its penchant to believe that ... God is still speaking, ... even when it puts us out there alone. History has shown that, most often, we’re only alone for a while. Besides, we receive so many gifts from our ecumenical partners, being “early” seems to be one of ours. The UCC recognizes two sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion. | ||||
| Interests: | 32: antoinette brown, christianity, church, churches, congregational, congregational church, congregationalist, contemporary christian music, contemporary worship, diversity, evangelical and reformed, faith seeking understanding, gay ordination, general synod, god, john winthrop, lesbian ordination, liberal christianity, new century hymnal, open and affirming, ordination of women, paul tillich, phillis wheatley, pilgrims, reinhold niebuhr, religious pluralism, samuel sewall, social justice, stillspeaking.com, tambo, ucc, united church of christ | ||||
| Maintainers: | 1: haikusamurai | ||||
| Members: | 76: alannaroe, amberpacific416, angeloneous, blessed_harlot, bookslibretti, butterflyborn, casino_lily, changinglight, chaoticcentury, chipsncheese, coolestabi, cpete424, croses, divinemaddness, emrelove, expatriate, fjorab_teke, fringegirl, ftm_lawyer, haikusamurai, heathertoshiko, jessica_18, jiffyschnapps, kimber1337, knightoflord, labellerousse, ladyofthelog, lavender_rose, lazaruspdx, leavingtheeddy, lifewithlogan, littlestarletta, livingwithsoul, lostinart, luckymustard, luigitr, lyssrose, meowzuponastar, merrywandering, missginabean, msphat, mylifemyfaith, norachan, nutmae, ov3rduecl4rity, owlmonapia, parousthobbing, pilgrimsoul, pineapplepeach, primed, radiant_radish, revjohnny, robin_roe, robotchelsea, roses_on_fire, saintwithasw0rd, saritat42, schohn, setofe, sparklz17, stargirl08, thd3, tikalibrian, ucc_jess, windstarjes | ||||
| Watched by: | 67: alannaroe, amberpacific416, angeloneous, b_muse, bookchick, bookslibretti, butterflyborn, casino_lily, changinglight, chaoticcentury, chipsncheese, cpete424, crimnos, croses, divadivine, divinemaddness, dizzle09, emrelove, expatriate, fjorab_teke, ftm_lawyer, haikusamurai, heathertoshiko, jennywren129, jessica_18, jiffyschnapps, kimber1337, knightoflord, ladyofthelog, lavender_rose, lazaruspdx, leavingtheeddy, libation, libbi, littlestarletta, livingwithsoul, lostinart, luckymustard, luigitr, lyssrose, meowzuponastar, merrywandering, mkille, msphat, mylifemyfaith, norachan, nutmae, ov3rduecl4rity, parousthobbing, pcusaboy, pilgrimsoul, primed, radiant_radish, revjohnny, robin_roe, robotchelsea, rosadioro, roses_on_fire, saintwithasw0rd, saritat42, setofe, smilypixie, sparklz17, stargirl08, thd3, ucc_jess, windstarjes | ||||
| Account type: | Basic Account | ||||
